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I'm posting a short update instead of eating chocolate.

I saw my Ecuadorian friend from my cohort today for the first time since spring. Turns out he got engaged to his girlfriend over the summer, and said girlfriend is applying to the same doctorate program as I am. Their engagement rings are also really cool; they have these Ecuadorian hieroglyphics on them (if I understood his explanation correctly) from the area where she grew up. He also brought me back some chocolate and was very sad to learn that I have to wait until my gallbladder issue is resolved before I can eat it. I was pretty bummed too, I miss chocolate.

I'm finally getting off my ass about becoming a member of the American Physiological Society. I have an appointment tomorrow to talk to one of Advisor's colleagues in a different department for a sponsorship. Should be interesting, he does oral biology for the dental school at my university, which isn't a field I have a whole lot of experience with.

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C6H12O6 is the molecular formula for glucose. Glucose is a monosaccharide that plays a major role in energy production via cell metabolism. Glucose is delicious and sweet, and you need it to surivive, but too much glucose can make you obese and give you Type II diabetes. I picked it as the namesake for my blog because metabolic rate is the cornerstone of my field, comparative physiology.

I'm Michelle, a newly minted M.Sc. from an ecophysiology lab, and a technical editor for a scientific journal publishing group. Physiologically, I have an overactive sympathetic nervous system. Personally, I am agoraphobic and kind of a nerd. In my free time I blog and drink way too much tea.